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Old 11-29-2017, 12:42 PM   #68 (permalink)
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I was straight-edge in my teenage years, but I believe that while the authorities may regulate commerce (M-13), they've no business regulating people's self-medication.

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What about drug users who do vile and terrible things, like run for President, to satisfy their addiction, or whatever?
Another informed voter? God help us all.

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From what I understand, the version used for recreation has been bred for potency, while the useful part has been reduced, while the medicinal version supposedly does not induce euphoria.
Sentence does not scan. Cannabis is like Schmoon, all things to all people.

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Then the rumors that the hemp industry (and associated products) were put out of business by the cotton industry.

Then, supposedly, Prohibition and drug laws have been based on racism.
Here's an article that debunks the industrial argument and supports the racism argument:
https://www.alternet.org/story/77339...piracy_theory/
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